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high sea

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. high sea, international watersnoun

    the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

Wiktionary

  1. high seanoun

    The sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high sea in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high sea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of high sea in a Sentence

  1. Johannes Gemmrich:

    Only a few rogue waves in high sea states have been observed directly, and nothing of this magnitude. The probability of such an event occurring is one in 1,300 years.

  2. Andre Gide:

    Man cannot discover new oceans (high sea) unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.'

  3. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman:

    What we have clearly stated is that we will take in only those people in the high sea, but under no circumstances would we be expected to take each one of them if there is an influx of others.

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